It was a tough year. The economy continued its so-called jobless recovery with Wall Street anticipating another year of record bonuses while most Americans struggle to get work and hold on to their homes. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continued, and spilled over into Pakistan and Yemen, and more American soldiers died by suicide than fighting in Afghanistan. And it was a year of big disasters, some of them indicators of the growing climate crisis.

Nonetheless, events from 2010 also contain the seeds of transformation. None of the following stories is enough on its own to change the momentum. But if we the people build and strengthen social movements, each of of these stories points to a piece of the solution.

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Highlights from the Winter 2011 issue of YES! Magazine…

The Good Life? It’s Close to Home
Rebuilding families and neighborhoods around the gifts each of us offers…
John McKnight and Peter Block demonstrate that supporting a family really does take a village—and illustrate how to build one in your community.
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“Creating a more community-based way to live and find satisfaction, even when surrounded by a consumer culture, requires only that we act as if each of us has what we need.”

The path to restoring function to the family in a citizen society, not a consumer society, is quite simple. It begins with five questions:

1. What functions can we put back into the hands of young people?
2. What does each person do to support the household economy?
3. How does this family care for those who are vulnerable?
4. How can we begin to entertain ourselves?
5. What do we do to protect the environment and our health?
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Humanity, in PhotosA celebration of friendship, family, love, and laughter in this YES! Photo Essay.

:: Humanity, in Photos
A celebration of friendship, family, love, and laughter.:: Relearning the Skills of Community
How members of Common Security Clubs help each other relearn how to live in community.:: Homemade ProsperityRadical Homemaker Shannon Hayes discovered that producing what she needs at home lets her live on a fraction of what she thought she needed.

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